Hotel Inter Burgo Daegu

... among them too. Again it was just really quiet and peaceful and serene here!
Headed back down into the craziness that is Daegu city with its 2.5million population and the women who insist on watching Korean soaps on the phones on the bus...and got some well earned lunch after all the 'hiking' and did some shopping (although i missed out on the cupcake shop which drew kindly rubbed in my face later, haha. that is the the fact that they ...

... and bakeries who always help me carrying my baskets and choosing what tasty sweet goodies to buy. When i told my dad this and also that they wave at me on weekends when then are not in work just around the area with their children etc, he said im like a local celebrity but it helps being the only white person in the area and also that i always have a little group of kids following me around so they know im working at the school! Regardless it ...

... them. I asked him to be more specific and he wouldn't. I asked him what he liked about pop music and he said "everything". A different guy said he like rock and roll. I asked him to give me one band he liked. He said he didn't know any. I asked him to tell me a song. He said he didn't know any. That was how the entire class went. The topic was "Harlem Renaissance". There are three small listening exercises and one big listening exercise. The very first listening ...

... attached (which is like a walk-in closet) and then the bedroom with the bathroom attached. It's way nicer than I expected!! This is the first apartment I've had alone! I'm so excited!

This morning I went to observe a class of the teacher I'm taking over. The kids were more well behaved than American students, and that was her worst class. I got to meet a lot of the other American teachers during the breaks. We only have 5 minute breaks, but they seem nice. I went ...

... throughout Daegu’s downtown party scene we mainly visited two bars. The “Urban” and the “Frog”. The first thing I noticed was the friendliness of everyone. I know I was with a local but I know my friends at home would not of been as courteous as the Koreans I met. High fives, hugs, heavy drinks, and good genuine smiles. The second ...

... told by one of my cooperating teacher's (sing sang nim, Korean) that 70% of Korea is mountainous. I think I came to the right country! I have had the luxury of climbing to the top of 4 mountains with another one scheduled this weekend.

During the weekdays I usually teach from 9-5 and sometimes later depending on the class schedules. I will say this: I have a lot of respect for the students and teachers. Their school day (Mon-Fri) starts at 0715hr and goes until ...

... grow up to be the angry biting passive-aggressive "Co-Teachers" I despise who tell me I'm not doing my job properly because I want to play a game with a group of clearly burned out 10 year olds instead of doing another dry grammar lesson... I don't have all the answers and I'm not going to win any teacher of the year awards but is there a need to carry a willow switch to control a class?

... or another! So we played for a while, he beat me as always! Then I was getting ready to go. 'Ok lets go for some food, we have to eat now we've played!', I was never going to make yoga! So I went for food with Mr. Lee, which was amazing! I love spending time with him! He then drove me home and I ran to yoga! I LOVE that school. I love the teachers, the students, the location! It was so lovely to go back, and the reception I got was just lovely. What a great day!

... nami nami. Onneks oli niita lisukkeita :) Se Daegusta ja kalansilmista, matka jatkuu.. N Next it was Daegu we headed to. The same situation with the street vendors and markets. And we noticed, not just here, but so far everywhere in Korea people speak better English than in Japan. Well, they didnt speack English in Japan so.. :) Nevertheless I keep getting wrong portions at restaurants in here...And the Korean men, help me ...

As we were doing a good traveler team with Zac, we decided to go together to do a temple stay in Haeinsa temple. Temple stay is a program which was launched during the world cup in Korea in order to allow the tourist to discover the Buddhism temple of Korea. You stay 24 hours in a temple living with the monk, eating and following the different ceremonies. Haeinsa is part also of the UNESCO world heritage, they have in a part of the ...